Software engineering jobs in California with a published base of $100K+
Published pay at a glance
4,298 open postings from 498 employers, as of .
- Median published starting base
- $176K
- Median midpoint of published ranges
- $218,900
- Half of postings publish a starting base between
- $149,100 and $202K
- Median published range width
- $70K
- Publish a starting base of $150K+
- 74%
- Publish a starting base of $200K+
- 29%
- $100K - $125K344
- $125K - $150K758
- $150K - $175K981
- $175K - $200K983
- $200K - $225K535
- $225K - $250K275
- $250K - $275K197
- $275K - $300K105
- $300K - $325K35
- $325K - $350K30
- $350K - $375K2
- $375K - $400K14
- $400K+39
Because we list only ranges that start at $100K or more, these figures describe six-figure postings, not the whole job market.
New this week
1,716 of these postings were first seen by us in the last 7 days.
- Software Engineering SMTS, Salesforce
- Hardware Software Integration Engineer, Zoox
- Engineering Manager, EarnIn
- Software Engineer, KLA Corporation
- System Software Engineer, UEFI Firmware, NVIDIA
Jobs 651 to 700 of 4,298
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Base salary From $148,500Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering SMTS Apply for Software Engineering SMTS on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $138K to $180KAnnual base, USD
View job: Hardware Software Integration Engineer Apply for Hardware Software Integration Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $266,793 to $326,081Annual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager Apply for Engineering Manager on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $114,800 to $195,200Annual base, USD
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Base salary $124,000 to $241,500Annual base, USD
View job: System Software Engineer, UEFI Firmware Apply for System Software Engineer, UEFI Firmware on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $164,600 to $241,450Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Development Engineer In Test, Platform Software Apply for Staff Software Development Engineer In Test, Platform Software on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $111,100 to $185,100Annual base, USD
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Base salary $189,308 to $389,753Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Homefeed Apply for Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Homefeed on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $149K to $224KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Forensics Apply for Software Engineer - Forensics on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer ML Platform (6244) Apply for Staff Software Engineer ML Platform (6244) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $114,800 to $195,200Annual base, USD
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Base salary $170K to $265KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. AI Security Software Engineer (Starshield) Apply for Sr. AI Security Software Engineer (Starshield) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $280KAnnual base, USD
View job: Backend Engineer, Payments Apply for Backend Engineer, Payments on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $181,200 to $317,100Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer Apply for Senior Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $158,500 to $277,400Annual base, USD
View job: Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer Apply for Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $384K to $575KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Director, Graphics Systems Software Apply for Senior Director, Graphics Systems Software on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $224,000 to $431,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, System Validation - EDA Infrastructure Apply for Senior Software Engineer, System Validation - EDA Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $156K to $255KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Reliability Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Reliability on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $123,897 to $167,625Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Software Engineer Apply for Sr Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary From $148,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior/Lead Full Stack Engineer - MeshMesh Apply for Senior/Lead Full Stack Engineer - MeshMesh on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $322KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Staff Software Engineer - Agentic Automation Apply for Senior Staff Software Engineer - Agentic Automation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $345,040 to $399,420Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer, GPU Compute Apply for Principal Software Engineer, GPU Compute on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $185,500 to $265,000Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Development Engineer Apply for Principal Software Development Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $248,700 to $341,250Annual base, USD
View job: Distinguished Engineer Software (Cortex Platform) Apply for Distinguished Engineer Software (Cortex Platform) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $100K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: IT Systems Engineer Apply for IT Systems Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $225K to $278KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Backend AI Platform Engineer Apply for Staff Backend AI Platform Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $202K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: GTM Engineer, Revenue Operations Apply for GTM Engineer, Revenue Operations on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Associate Director of Embedded Software Engineering Apply for Associate Director of Embedded Software Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $200KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer Apply for Senior Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Principal System Integration and Test Engineer Apply for Principal System Integration and Test Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Principal Embedded Software Engineer Apply for Principal Embedded Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Principal Embedded Software Engineer Apply for Principal Embedded Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $200KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Embedded Software Engineer – R&D Apply for Senior Embedded Software Engineer – R&D on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $200KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Embedded Software Engineer Apply for Senior Embedded Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $100K to $140KAnnual base, USD
View job: Wireless Communication Systems Engineer Apply for Wireless Communication Systems Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160,000 to $239,950Annual base, USD
View job: Manager, Software Engineering Apply for Manager, Software Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $120K to $185KAnnual base, USD
View job: Cloud Engineer III, Exposure Management (Hybrid, Sunnyvale) Apply for Cloud Engineer III, Exposure Management (Hybrid, Sunnyvale) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $200KAnnual base, USD
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Base salary $150K to $300KAnnual base, USD
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Base salary $218,300 to $327,500Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Reliability (US Citizen OR Green Card Only) Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Reliability (US Citizen OR Green Card Only) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $188,500 to $282,700Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Cloud Infrastructure Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Cloud Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $158K to $237KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Reliability (US Citizen) Apply for Software Engineer - Reliability (US Citizen) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $158K to $237KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - SaaS Data Protection Apply for Software Engineer - SaaS Data Protection on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $158K to $237KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Atlas Distributed Systems Apply for Software Engineer, Atlas Distributed Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152,400 to $228,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Orchestrated Application Recovery Apply for Software Engineer - Orchestrated Application Recovery on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $131,400 to $197,200Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Product Platform Security Apply for Software Engineer - Product Platform Security on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $122,800 to $184,200Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Entra ID Apply for Software Engineer - Entra ID on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $260K to $345KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Robotics Software Engineer - Mission Autonomy Apply for Staff Robotics Software Engineer - Mission Autonomy on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $260K to $345KAnnual base, USD
View job: Principal Embedded Engineer, EW Apply for Principal Embedded Engineer, EW on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $253K to $336KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Ghost Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Ghost on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Who publishes the highest base here
Employers ranked by median published starting base across their open postings here. Employers need at least 3 postings to be listed.
| Employer | Open postings | Median published starting base |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 51 | $405K |
| Kikoff | 3 | $307K |
| Lambda | 15 | $296K |
| Capital One | 3 | $286,200 |
| Wayve | 21 | $275K |
| OpenAI | 45 | $266K |
| Afterquery | 4 | $255K |
| Cartesia | 5 | $250K |
| Unify | 4 | $250K |
| Ivo | 9 | $249K |
Where these jobs are
Most postings by state: California (4,298).
Of the 31% of postings that state a workplace: 2% remote, 50% hybrid, 47% on-site. 69% of postings do not state a workplace, so these shares describe only the postings that do.
Related pages
- All jobs in California
- All software engineering jobs
- Engineering (non-software) in California 2,090
- Product in California 861
- Marketing in California 753
- Program & Project Management in California 750
- Finance & Accounting in California 666
- Sales in California 654
- IT & Security in California 521
- HR & Recruiting in California 520
How to read these figures
Figures are employer-published annual base ranges in USD for postings open at last check. They are not offers and not total compensation, and they do not show what anyone is paid. Because we list only ranges that start at $100K or more, these figures describe six-figure postings, not the whole job market. Read the methodology.




